Two Silly Kids

I thought you might enjoy a little silliness today!

At the Zoo

It was a beautiful day today in addition to being cycle break, so we decide to take a trip to the zoo. I can't believe we hadn't been there yet this year! Here are a few pics from our trip. Enjoy!

We had to get popsicles...

and ride the carousel...

and of course ride the train!!!

One of the nice zoo volunteers showed us a gorilla skull, a chimpanzee skull and a lemur fur. How exciting!!!

It was a beautiful day to visit the zoo. We went in the afternoon and there was very few people there. There were no crowds, no lines and no arguing between my children. What a great day!

Cake #2- The Jack-o-Lantern

I thought I'd try another cake today. This is my first attempt at a jack-0-lantern cake. I think it turned out pretty well! The kids are really excited to eat it! Next up will probably be some Halloween cupcakes and then the kids both have birthdays coming up! Aiden has already picked out a Lightning McQueen cake. It looks pretty complex... I may need a practice cake before the real thing!

Dad's Handy Helpers

Ok, well maybe not so handy, but they are super eager to help out daddy with all our home remodeling projects! You can check our our project progress here.

My First Cake

Just thought you all might want to see what I've been up to! Not that I need another hobby, but I thought I'd try my hand at making cakes. This is my very first. Thanks to a little tutorial from Aunt Connie, I think I did ok! I made it in time for her to come up for Grandparent's Day at Sophie's school. Sophie thought we should write "Welcome Aunt Connie" on it. I thought that was a fantastic idea!

Waffle's Birthday

August 22 was Waffle's Birthday. He turned 1!!! Sophie, being the party planner that she is, required that we throw a party for him. So here are the details...

Waffle, a.k.a. The Birthday Boy

The Cake for the Humans

We made dog treats for Waffle. The kids had a lot of fun doing this little project. It was much like making sugar cookies, but not nearly as tempting to eat the dough! The dough consisted of cornmeal, flour, chicken broth, peanut butter, eggs and a little oil.

Mixing it up...

Rolling it out...

The final product...

Waffle loved the cookies. The kids loved making them. It was a big puppy party success!!!

Vacation- Part One

Ok, ok, I know.... we went on vacation in July and I'm just getting around to showing you all what a great time we had! This year we went to Wisconsin Dells for vacation and got to do a lot of very fun things. Our "biggie" this year was going on the Zip Lines. Both of the kids loved the zip lines and Travis and I did too! It was an absolute work out as well!! There were 6 zip lines that each started at the top of a 6 or 8 story tall tower. And on an 85 degree day, with zip line gear, a helmet and gloves on, it was a lot of work climbing every one of those towers. Yeah, that's right... we climbed close to 40 stories that afternoon! Travis climbed all of them carrying not only his gear, but also carrying Aiden! Whew... makes me tired just thinking about it!

On Sophie's first trip down, she wanted to go with a guide. As soon as she saw that it was safe, though, she decided to go on the next five by herself!!! What a brave girl!!!


You can't see Aiden's face in this picture, but he was LOVING it!!! He went with a guide on all but the last zip line. That one was a double zip line and he got to "race" momma, so he decided to go by himself. I got to watch his face the entire way down. It was awesome!

Daddy....

.... and Mamma.

Ok, zip lining was so much fun. You should all try it! It was our adventure for this year. If you remember, last year we went white water rafting. I wonder what kind of adventure we can take the kids on next year! I'm open for suggestions!! Stay tuned for more vacation pics!!!